St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland
St Peter's Church, on the north bank of the River Wear in Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, looking resplendent with its new floodlighting.
The new lighting scheme is part of project that has seen the footprint of the original monastic buildings marked out in stone.
It often comes as something of a surprise when people are first told of the historical importance of what at first seems a very unassuming little church. To walk around the church and grounds, you really are walking in the footsteps of saints.
This church, dedicated to St Peter, was built on a parcel of land given by King Ecgfrith to St Benedict Biscop in 673 AD. That makes it one of the earliest Christian churches in the UK.
It was here, that the Venerable Bede, thought to have been born in Monkwearmouth, was brought by his parents. Bede would eventually become known as the father of English history.
St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland
St Peter's Church, on the north bank of the River Wear in Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, looking resplendent with its new floodlighting.
The new lighting scheme is part of project that has seen the footprint of the original monastic buildings marked out in stone.
It often comes as something of a surprise when people are first told of the historical importance of what at first seems a very unassuming little church. To walk around the church and grounds, you really are walking in the footsteps of saints.
This church, dedicated to St Peter, was built on a parcel of land given by King Ecgfrith to St Benedict Biscop in 673 AD. That makes it one of the earliest Christian churches in the UK.
It was here, that the Venerable Bede, thought to have been born in Monkwearmouth, was brought by his parents. Bede would eventually become known as the father of English history.